Clinical Outcomes of Common Femoral Thromboendarterectomy for Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease: Differences Between Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia and Intermittent Claudication by Takahiro Mizoguchi, Takasuke Harada, Yuriko Takeuchi, Makoto Samura, Hiroshi Kurazumi, Ryo Suzuki, Kotaro Suehiro, Kimikazu Hamano

“…Purpose: This study retrospectively evaluated the mid-term outcomes of thromboendarterectomy (TEA) for common femoral artery (CFA) disease in a Japanese cohort by comparing patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and intermittent claudication (IC). Materials and Methods : Sixty-three TEA procedures performed between 2011 and 2024 were analyzed. …”
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Comparative analysis of plasma folate, homocysteine and erythrocyte folate levels in pregnant women after folic acid administration during different pregnancies by Jin Xinglin, Meng Mei, Wang Xi

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Nebulization with differently sized 2% lidocaine atomized particles in awake tracheal intubation by video laryngoscopy: a proof-of-concept randomized trial by Chenxi Li, Mingyang Sun, Luyao Zhang, Guangzhi Wang, Jie Lu, Zhongcong Xie, Jiaqiang Zhang

“…Methods A total of 230 patients scheduled for ATI were recruited from September 2024 through January 2025. …”
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Characteristics and risk factors in odontogenic maxillary sinusitis from different dental infections: a retrospective study based on sinus CT imaging by Yue Zhao, Shengyuan Huang, Min Xu, Ye Wang, Xi Zhang, Kuiji Wang, Jiang Lin

“…The objective of this study was to analyze the different dental potential risk factors of odontogenic maxillary sinusitis and optimize dental decision-making of odontogenic maxillary sinusitis, which finally provides evidence-based options for multi-disciplinary treatment. …”
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Long-term clinical comparison of three different femoral stems in Total Hip Arthroplasty with femoral shortening in patients with high-riding hips by Kutalmis Albayrak, Yakup Alpay, Ozgur Ismail Turk, Muhammed Mert, Deniz Akbulut, Akif Albayrak

“…Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 107 patients who underwent THA with transverse femoral shortening osteotomy between 2004 and 2014. …”
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Chaos Control in Fractional Order Smart Grid with Adaptive Sliding Mode Control and Genetically Optimized PID Control and Its FPGA Implementation by Anitha Karthikeyan, Karthikeyan Rajagopal

“…Hence we proposed two different control methods to suppress the chaotic oscillations. …”
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Optimizing light extraction from non-planar site-controlled pyramidal quantum dot system: comparative modeling of three fabricable geometries by Luca Colavecchi, Gediminas Juska, Emanuele Pelucchi

“…This work explores three different fabrication methods to improve light extraction efficiency of site-controlled pyramidal GaAs quantum dot (QD) system. …”
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Improving AI-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems and Their Integration Into Care From the Perspective of Experts: Interview Study Among Different Stakeholders by Godwin Denk Giebel, Pascal Raszke, Hartmuth Nowak, Lars Palmowski, Michael Adamzik, Philipp Heinz, Marianne Tokic, Nina Timmesfeld, Frank Martin Brunkhorst, Jürgen Wasem, Nikola Blase

“…MethodsSemistructured web-based expert interviews were conducted. …”
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Safety Profile, Toxicokinetic, and Intestinal Absorption Differences of a Naturally-Derived Anti-Rheumatic Drug, Sinomenine Hydrochloride, in Normal and Arthritic Rats by Yini He, Hong Huang, Gejing Li, Ye Zhang, Junjie He, Ye Lin, Feichi Wu, Jianye Yan, Xiong Cai, Liang Liu

“…<b>Methods</b>: Safety assessments determined median lethal doses (LD₅₀) in female Sprague Dawley rats. …”
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Effects of different Si content and Sr addition on microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties of cast Al-Si-Cu-Mg-Mn alloys by Xinxin Ma, Jiaqi Pei, Yanpeng Pan, Liwen Chen, Jinzhong Tian, Hua Hou, Jibo Hou, Yuhong Zhao

“…The Al-Si alloys are examined to explore the effects of different Si content on the grain size and solute content through the combination of experimental methods and phase-field simulation. …”
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A modified particle swarm optimization-based adaptive maximum power point tracking approach for proton exchange membrane fuel cells by Bhukya Laxman, Ramesh Gugulothu, Surender Reddy Salkuti

“…In this paper, a Modified Particle Swarm Optimization (MPSO) method is proposed for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) to optimize the power output of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs). …”
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Energy efficient adaptive clustering with QoS-aware CBRP and grey wolf optimization clustering algorithm for mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) by Minal Patil, Manish Chawhan, Roshan Umate, Abhishek Madankar, Bhumika Neole

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Enhanced Unmanned Surface Vehicle Path Planning Based on the Pair Barracuda Swarm Optimization Algorithm: Implementation and Performance in Thousand Island Lake by Binghua Shi, Zeyu Liu, Zhou He, Chen Wang, Jia Guo

“…Path planning experiments were conducted on four simulated map environments with different ranges and complexities. Compared with state-of-the-art heuristic path planning methods, our method can identify the optimal path faster and has better stability. …”
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Optimization Study of Multidimensional Computational Model for Distribution Network Cable Fault Location and Hidden Danger Warning System in Smart Grid Environment by Xin Li, Jiyou Wang, Minghui Liu

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Optimizing Outdoor Micro-Space Design for Prolonged Activity Duration: A Study Integrating Rough Set Theory and the PSO-SVR Algorithm by Jingwen Tian, Zimo Chen, Lingling Yuan, Hongtao Zhou

“…This study proposes an optimization method based on Rough Set Theory (RST) and Particle Swarm Optimization–Support Vector Regression (PSO-SVR), aimed at enhancing the emotional dimension of outdoor micro-space (OMS) design, thereby improving users’ outdoor activity duration preferences and emotional experiences. …”
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Optimizing noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation (nGVS) for postural control: methodological considerations when individualizing the signal for people with bilateral vestibulopathy by Ruth McLaren, Ruth McLaren, Paul F. Smith, Paul F. Smith, Rachael L. Taylor, Rachael L. Taylor, Denise Taylor, Denise Taylor, Denise Taylor

“…An established aspect of noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation (nGVS) is tuning the nGVS signal to optimize stability on an individual basis. However, conventional tuning methods are strongly influenced by historical approaches and fail to integrate contemporary research findings. …”
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Ensemble machine learning-based pre-trained annotation approach for scRNA-seq data using gradient boosting with genetic optimizer by Osama Elnahas, Waleed M. Ead, Yushan Qiu, Jian Lu

“…We propose an ensemble machine learning-based pre-trained annotation framework that integrates gradient boosting and genetic optimization for robust feature selection. The proposed method uses ensemble learning to enhance annotation accuracy under data scarcity, addressing limitations in existing supervised methods by leveraging a combination of multiple annotated datasets and feature alignment strategies. …”
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Optimize nitrogen fertilization location in root-growing zone to increase grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of transplanted rice in subtropical China by Meng WU, Ming LIU, Jia LIU, Wei-tao LI, Chun-yu JIANG, Zhong-pei LI

“…The optimized nitrogen fertilization location differs in different rice-growing regions. …”
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Evaluation of the optimal values of cholesterol of high density lipoproteins in a cohort of men aged 40-59 with myocardial infarction (according to 30-year monitoring of the status... by V. V. Belov, A. A. Menshchikov

“…To establish connection between the functions of 30-year survival rate and concentration of cholesterol high density lipoproteins (C-HDL) in men aged 40-59 years with a past history of a myocardial infarction (MI) and relying on the obtained data to determine the optimal level of C-HDL for the specified cohort.Material and methods. …”
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Nonlinear Compensation of the Linear Variable Differential Transducer Using an Advanced Snake Optimization Integrated with Tangential Functional Link Artificial Neural Network by Qiuxia Fan, Xinqi Zhang, Zhuang Wen, Lei Xu, Qianqian Zhang

“…First, the Latin hypercube sampling method and the Levy flight method are introduced into the snake optimization (SO) algorithm, which enhances the global search ability and diversity preservation ability of the SO algorithm and effectively solves the common overfitting and local optimal problems in the training process of the gradient descent method. …”
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